Definitely a classic case of confirmation bias. Interesting how it manifests persistently, even to the point of changing accepted forms of engagement and shifting the hypothesis from first;
- a conditioned statement (Almost all military intervention is almost always economically motivated);
- to an absolute statement, shouted for emphasis (ECONOMICS IS THE MAIN MOTIVATION FOR WARS AND INTERVENTIONS);
- and back again to the more moderate position (Almost all military intervention is almost always economically motivated).
And saying that a quibbling insult is not an insult. Very strange...

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The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion ... draws all things else to support and agree with it. And though there be a greater number and weight of instances to be found on the other side, yet these it either neglects or despises, or else by some distinction sets aside or rejects.
Francis Bacon, Novum Organum

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller